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from the beginning to the end, slavery need thomas jefferson possible. and in the end, she failed to have the imagination or the capacity to reform and abolish and correct the institution that is done in direct violation to the words that he had written. if we expect people in the past to be perfect, as i said, we are not going to learn from them. arthur schlesinger eustis a vessels righteousness in retrospect is easy to see what the hell were they doing in our own time. clinton said this, coming to a theater near you this isn't daniel day-lewis, he said this of jefferson. all honor to jefferson to the man who in the concrete pressure in the struggle for national independence had the cool forecast and capacity, so the great blurb of all time to introduce into a revolutionary document an abstract truth applicable to all men and all times that today and in all coming days it should be a stumbling block to the very signs of reappearing tyranny and oppression. jefferson put something in motion. his words put something in motion and his deeds protected the co
from the beginning to the end, slavery need thomas jefferson possible. and in the end, she failed to have the imagination or the capacity to reform and abolish and correct the institution that is done in direct violation to the words that he had written. if we expect people in the past to be perfect, as i said, we are not going to learn from them. arthur schlesinger eustis a vessels righteousness in retrospect is easy to see what the hell were they doing in our own time. clinton said this,...
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and thomas jefferson was showerly a sinner. and -- surely a sinner. and his ability to master his, the best part of his political being, his ability to charm, to make people fall in love with him without knowing why which is one definition of charm, he once went to -- was in the drawing room of margaret bayard smith's -- wonderful early chronicler of washington -- and she missed his name as he came in. and she'd come from a federalist family that thought jefferson was the devil incarnate. and so she's sitting there and finds herself falling in love with this very charming man whose eyes were alternately described as brown, blue and gray. people couldn't even describe how his eyes were. he was charming and gracious and funny and witty and totally beguiling. and her husband, who was the head of the national intelligence, comes in and says, oh, mr. jefferson, i'm sorry i'm late. and margaret bayard smith's head explodes because she just found him to be the most gracious man she'd ever metment -- met. he could disarm you that way. there is something poeti
and thomas jefferson was showerly a sinner. and -- surely a sinner. and his ability to master his, the best part of his political being, his ability to charm, to make people fall in love with him without knowing why which is one definition of charm, he once went to -- was in the drawing room of margaret bayard smith's -- wonderful early chronicler of washington -- and she missed his name as he came in. and she'd come from a federalist family that thought jefferson was the devil incarnate. and...
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is is thomas jefferson's laptop desk. this is the desk upon which he wrote early drafts of the declaration of independence. >> reporter: the first of those drafts attacked britain's slave trade. jefferson writing that king george iii has waged cruel war against human nature itself. the continental congress took the phrase out. alongside the rejected passage, the financial reality. >> next to it is his farm book. here is where he would list the births and deaths of the slaves. he would list the work that they did. so in some ways it really gives us a full picture of the totality of jefferson. >> reporter: which at times contradicts the popular image of jefferson as a benevolent slave holder. >> occupied one half of this site. inside there were four forges. >> reporter: one example, what went on at jefferson's extremely profitable nail making workshop at monticello. >> as a young child, your job was to move the nails around, but by the time you're 12, 13, 14, your job is to make these nails. >> reporter: the boys were routi
is is thomas jefferson's laptop desk. this is the desk upon which he wrote early drafts of the declaration of independence. >> reporter: the first of those drafts attacked britain's slave trade. jefferson writing that king george iii has waged cruel war against human nature itself. the continental congress took the phrase out. alongside the rejected passage, the financial reality. >> next to it is his farm book. here is where he would list the births and deaths of the slaves. he...
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thomas jefferson, more than anybody else, was the author of individual rights. and yet he was abhorrent in many ways as a slave owner. but what still shapes the world 300 years later? >> i don't think you can -- >> they really do matter. and i think jfk is going to be hurt by this latest -- >> i do, too. >> i picked two on my list that are not obvious. george bush 41 and eisenhower. they shared something. they had the confidence to be humble. a lot of politicians got to show off all the time. i mean, you know, look at bill clinton. just needing the love all the time. but these men were willing to have a lot of responsibility but not be showy. george bush suffered from excessive self-effacement. i mean, his mother lecturing him against the great "i am," never say "i am." he didn't use the pronounce "i." that hurt him. so it detracted a little bit from his presidency. but both eisenhower and bush had this quality of not needing to show off, of knowing themselves well enough, to know that they could do the right thing and they didn't have to stand up and wave their
thomas jefferson, more than anybody else, was the author of individual rights. and yet he was abhorrent in many ways as a slave owner. but what still shapes the world 300 years later? >> i don't think you can -- >> they really do matter. and i think jfk is going to be hurt by this latest -- >> i do, too. >> i picked two on my list that are not obvious. george bush 41 and eisenhower. they shared something. they had the confidence to be humble. a lot of politicians got to...
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headline, "the monster of monticello," talking, of course, about thomas jefferson. we just happen to have thomas jefferson's biographer, jon meacham here, so this is perfect. let's read a little of this. "there is, it is true, a compelling paradox about jefferson when he wrote the declaration of independence, announcing the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, he owned some 175 slaves. too often scholars and readers use those facts as a crutch to write off jefferson's inconvenient views as products of the time and the complexities of the human condition. but while many of his contemporaries, including george washington, freed their slaves during and after the revolution, inspired perhaps by the words of the declaration, jefferson did not. over the subsequent 50 years, a period of extraordinary public service, jefferson remained the master of monticello, and a buyer and seller of human beings." jon, this is written by paul finkleman in saturday's "new york times." it's a conversation which is this sort of tension between clearly a great man but also a m
headline, "the monster of monticello," talking, of course, about thomas jefferson. we just happen to have thomas jefferson's biographer, jon meacham here, so this is perfect. let's read a little of this. "there is, it is true, a compelling paradox about jefferson when he wrote the declaration of independence, announcing the self-evident truth that all men are created equal, he owned some 175 slaves. too often scholars and readers use those facts as a crutch to write off...
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all seems well and good, but that's from the book thomas jefferson, the art of power. joining me now is the author of that book, john meachem. hello to you. >> thank you, mr. todd. pa. >> the thing about thomas jefferson of all the founding fathers and i'm curious if you discovered this. he was sometimes the least charismatic. he was somebody that liked the company of himself more than hanging out with everybody else. >> he was scholarly and philosophical. he understood the value of sociablity and he understand what it meant to the republic and getting his program through. to having people down in particular. every night in the congressional session, he would have a number of republican lawmakers on one night and a number of federalists the next night and make sure they could hear him talk about what he wanted done, believing and he was explicit about this, congress should be part of the conversation and they would be more likely to cooperate if they heard something directly from the president than if they read it somewhere. >> more so than any other founding father, j
all seems well and good, but that's from the book thomas jefferson, the art of power. joining me now is the author of that book, john meachem. hello to you. >> thank you, mr. todd. pa. >> the thing about thomas jefferson of all the founding fathers and i'm curious if you discovered this. he was sometimes the least charismatic. he was somebody that liked the company of himself more than hanging out with everybody else. >> he was scholarly and philosophical. he understood the...
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thomas jefferson walked into the county courthouse carrying kosciuszko's will, caring and letter from kosciuszko business i want is acted upon, do you think the court is going to delay? well, only because jefferson didn't press it. he didn't want to press it. anything else? billy speakers access to money -- [inaudible] income were going to john barnes account on which jefferson help held a signatory authority, power of attorney. so $4000 at least went into that account and john barnes said why don't you use this money for your own purposes and it comes out of kosciuszko's money. city was using it like william schwartz money, collateral and is a very ingenious method of financial methods that makes today's time managers looks like pikers. he was very skillful's and that was one of the ways he got access to money. >> actually -- >> is not just kosciuszko and short but there's a list of people. that's what he was able to live with the debt. >> did you see the letter written after jefferson's death went randall tried to revise the will? he wrote to the war in europe was apparently control
thomas jefferson walked into the county courthouse carrying kosciuszko's will, caring and letter from kosciuszko business i want is acted upon, do you think the court is going to delay? well, only because jefferson didn't press it. he didn't want to press it. anything else? billy speakers access to money -- [inaudible] income were going to john barnes account on which jefferson help held a signatory authority, power of attorney. so $4000 at least went into that account and john barnes said why...
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legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1882 a khepbl college was established devoted to producing professional leaders in warfare. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything that we do, our uniforms are the same as they wore in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and something to draw from in our lives and our experiences as cadets. >> since day one everyone has their heart set on serving their country. it's not something you ever regret, it's something you get hyped about, reinspired and motivated. you want to serve your country. >> it starts with our mission, our mission to ed indicate to to ed indicate, train and inspire the core of cadets, so they are committed to the values of duty, honor and country and prepared for a selfless career of service as an officer in the united states army. jon: as long as there have been soldiers at west point there has been a band. >> there were field music musicians, drummers and fiffers, that go back to the 1700s in the army. jon: military drums were the prime air remember form of communication from the
legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1882 a khepbl college was established devoted to producing professional leaders in warfare. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything that we do, our uniforms are the same as they wore in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and something to draw from in our lives and our experiences as cadets. >> since day one everyone has their heart set on serving their country. it's not something you ever regret,...
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with legislation signed by thomas jefferson, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, today's cadets are well wear of legacy. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything we do. our uniforms are the same as the same as when the school opened. it gives background and draw from. >> day one, everybody has their hearts to serve the country and to be inspired and motivated to serve the country. >> it starts with a mission to educate, train and inspire the corps of cadets so each graduate is commissioned leader of character for duty, honor and country and prepared for a self-career of service as an officer in the united states army. >> jon: as long as there have been soldiers at west point there has been a band. >> there were musicians that were field musicians, drummers that go back in the 1700s. >> military drums was primary form of communication from the revolution to the civil war and bule made a bold brilliant sound to be heard above the noise of battle. so they have marched to the beat of west poin
with legislation signed by thomas jefferson, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, today's cadets are well wear of legacy. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything we do. our uniforms are the same as the same as when the school opened. it gives background and draw from. >> day one, everybody has their hearts to serve the country and to be inspired and motivated to serve the country....
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even thomas jefferson worried about his wife at the same time. and i put that in. i did not dwell on it. i think it is a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern there, too. >> lord dunmore, what was his position? >> he was the royal governor of virginia and he was also a guy with an incredible ego. an awful lot of inability to make decisions because he was so caught up in himself and his potential success. >> you called him combative, touchy and arrogant. >> well, arrogant like so many of the british aristocracy would have been. but he was an odd duck. when he captured and built some of the ports in the ohio valley, he named them after his subsidiary titles. he was the baron blair. it was fort dunmore for a while. he had an ego a mile wide. >> so what was the relationship in those days between george washington and dunmore? >> they knew each other. late winter, before the hostilities got intense in the capital of virginia, they were on some terms. they were both land speculators and they shared in this interest and george washington w
even thomas jefferson worried about his wife at the same time. and i put that in. i did not dwell on it. i think it is a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern there, too. >> lord dunmore, what was his position? >> he was the royal governor of virginia and he was also a guy with an incredible ego. an awful lot of inability to make decisions because he was so caught up in himself and his potential success. >> you called him combative, touchy and...
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a new biography of thomas jefferson, just when you think there's not much more to be said about thomas jefferson's someone writes a popular, beautiful, controversial book. presidents have been in the news as well. >> hard to mention dead presidents and not talk about bill o'reilly and his two books, killington, killing kennedy, best sellers. >> bill reilly and his writing partner, i actually interviewed 0 riley about his process, does the research, the writing, the idea to write history like a thriller, not in an academic sense, very few footnotes there, where he got his information from, kind of like history is a page turner, he is promising to announce his next book which he says is going to load the world down, we will see about that. dry -- being a word. it would not be. there's a lot of personality as well. a lot of policies in his books. >> a lot of books come out on current presidents and this was no exception for president obama. american tapestry, jody kantor wrote the obamas and david maraniss's first volume of his biography, "barack obama: the story" came out as well. >> whe
a new biography of thomas jefferson, just when you think there's not much more to be said about thomas jefferson's someone writes a popular, beautiful, controversial book. presidents have been in the news as well. >> hard to mention dead presidents and not talk about bill o'reilly and his two books, killington, killing kennedy, best sellers. >> bill reilly and his writing partner, i actually interviewed 0 riley about his process, does the research, the writing, the idea to write...
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. >> host: you pay particular attention to three presidents, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, you already mentioned and woodrow wilson. let's do them in chronological order. let's start with jefferson. he it a extreme president? >> guest: a model president. how they are they were evaluated before they became president. if everyone had the ability to influence whether or not they would get the job, knew everything about them. then the people have a ability to recognize the person is not what we want or the person is what we want. and they pick jefferson. if you look at jefferson's career, he had been governor of virginia, ambassador of france, secretary of state, vice president of the united states, member of the congress. author of the decoration of independence. it's one of the few people in english history have been evaluated or inspected as closely as thomas jefferson was before he became president of the united states. people were looking at him and saying this is the guy we want. this is the person who should be president. >> host: the opponent said this isn't the guy we want. it was
. >> host: you pay particular attention to three presidents, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, you already mentioned and woodrow wilson. let's do them in chronological order. let's start with jefferson. he it a extreme president? >> guest: a model president. how they are they were evaluated before they became president. if everyone had the ability to influence whether or not they would get the job, knew everything about them. then the people have a ability to recognize the person...
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jefferson or thomas jefferson or whether an implied that the second amendment was basically seen as a way to enable individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter, the second amendment. that's partly what what became the bill of rights. the reason for it is after the unhappy experience of the articles of confederation, but the founders to figure out a better way of governing this country, they came up with the constitution, which as we know is full of checks and balances, but as was submitted to the states for ratification, it became clear that they might not get the nine states they needed unless their promises but still more controls over the potential for the federal government overstepping its powers and crashing the states, which was not the object. so the agreement was to come up with a set of amendments to it. and make that the first order of business when congress convened. but that promise when they did get the nine states to ratify and it went into effect in cong
jefferson or thomas jefferson or whether an implied that the second amendment was basically seen as a way to enable individuals to defend themselves and defend themselves against the government when it became tyrannical. that is a misunderstanding. it was a political matter, the second amendment. that's partly what what became the bill of rights. the reason for it is after the unhappy experience of the articles of confederation, but the founders to figure out a better way of governing this...
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even thomas jefferson word about his wife &. i put that in. i did not dwell on it. it's a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern, too. >> what was dunmore's position? >> he was and earl and a governor of virginia and a man of some talent and a lot of inability to make a judgment, because he was so caught up in his potential success and himself. you called him a short man, combative, touchy, and arrogant. >> arrogant, like so many of the british aristocracy would have been. but he was odd. when he captured and build some o valley, hee hybla vallohi named them after his sincer subsidiary titles. blair.a baron and the county in virginia named dunmore. he had an ego a mile wide. >> what would've been a personal relationship between george washington and him? >> they knew each other. in the spring of 1775 or the late winter before the hostilities that really got the sense in williamsburg, which is the capital of virginia, there were on some terms. there were not friendly. both of them land speculator. they shared this interest in the land
even thomas jefferson word about his wife &. i put that in. i did not dwell on it. it's a footnote or something like that. but washington had a personal concern, too. >> what was dunmore's position? >> he was and earl and a governor of virginia and a man of some talent and a lot of inability to make a judgment, because he was so caught up in his potential success and himself. you called him a short man, combative, touchy, and arrogant. >> arrogant, like so many of the...
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thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again and doing can indeed commit this year. >> guest: bill o'reilly and martin duke guard -- i actually interviewed o'reilly about his process. his partner disagrees to us, he does the writing. the idea is to read history like a thriller, not an academic sense. there's very few footnotes they appeared you have to trust where he got his information from. he's promising to announce his next book, which in the right of the fashion is going to blow the wall stand and be the biggest book in nonfiction history. we'll see if the data. his point, o'reilly's point is history is often treated to dry leaf. but it need not be so there's a lot of personality and policies in his book. >> host: a lot of books, current presidents and this year is no exception for president obama. rachel swansboro ran about mrs. o'connor called american tapestry. jodi cantor wro
thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again and doing can indeed commit this year. >> guest: bill o'reilly and martin duke guard -- i actually interviewed o'reilly about his process. his partner disagrees to us, he does the writing. the idea is to read history like a thriller, not an academic sense....
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people should read james madison written in 1783 and thomas jefferson on religious liberty. jesus christ, when they wanted to make him head of some city there and he left it, he did not want anything to do with politics. the friend of mine said i saw a bumper sticker you would like, jerri -- what it is a, steve? who would jesus bomb. i wish brian lamb would have the jefferson -- jefferson wrote his own new testament and i wish brian lamb would have somebody on it. i never read it but i would like to know what it is about. i appreciate c-span. having wonderful day. host: thanks, jerry. columbus, ohio. we will keep talking about culture, politics, and social changes in america. coming up next, bill bennett, former education secretary. and clarence page from "the chicago tribune," syndicated columnist. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> issue is not whether it will be stigmatized or morally condemned. he is. precisely the same false claims. the issue is how many times the gov
people should read james madison written in 1783 and thomas jefferson on religious liberty. jesus christ, when they wanted to make him head of some city there and he left it, he did not want anything to do with politics. the friend of mine said i saw a bumper sticker you would like, jerri -- what it is a, steve? who would jesus bomb. i wish brian lamb would have the jefferson -- jefferson wrote his own new testament and i wish brian lamb would have somebody on it. i never read it but i would...
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jefferson to abraham lincoln, and they provided for the military recruitment of people of african dissent, both of whom were slaves and not slaves. this was also a break because african-americans were not allowed to serve either in the united states army or in the state militias because of the connection between military service and citizenship claims. on the other hand, the emancipation proclamation did not cover all of the slave states. it left out states that had remained loyal to the union. it left out areas of the confederate states that were under federal control. the tension between who's really going to complete the emancipation process. lincoln, for awhile, tried to encourage the border states to do it themselves, even gradually, and he was going to offer federal assistance. what's more is that as important as the emancipation proclamation was was it's a war measure. it gets to the issue of the 13th amendment. what happened once the war ended, what the emancipation proclamation retained its legal authority or educatively -- effectively be overthrown by the courts? the press for t
jefferson to abraham lincoln, and they provided for the military recruitment of people of african dissent, both of whom were slaves and not slaves. this was also a break because african-americans were not allowed to serve either in the united states army or in the state militias because of the connection between military service and citizenship claims. on the other hand, the emancipation proclamation did not cover all of the slave states. it left out states that had remained loyal to the union....
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the senate seat that i hold belonged to thomas jefferson rusk, my great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1836. that history reminds me every day that we must protect the freedom that so many of our ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleagues sitting on the floor in the same houston line, that is a proud line too. thomas jefferson arrest and sam houston were the commander-in-chief and secretary of war of the texas army when we fought for independence and it is so fitting that those two were our first two selected senators when texas became a state in 1845. each summer i take a week to tour one part of texas on a bus. it has been so much fun. after we did the first one ridge was what we just passed a bill to designate a national historical trail and we went from the blue we see and border to the mexican border and it took us a week on the bus. it was so great that we have done it every year since in a different parts of texas. it is my favorite week of the year as well. i am one of the few people t
the senate seat that i hold belonged to thomas jefferson rusk, my great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1836. that history reminds me every day that we must protect the freedom that so many of our ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleagues sitting on the floor in the same houston line, that is a proud line too. thomas jefferson arrest and sam houston were the commander-in-chief and secretary of war of...
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jefferson to abraham lincoln and they provided for the military recruitment of people of african descent both of whom were slaves because of rich americans were not allowed to serve either in the united states army or the state militia because of the connection between military service and citizenship claims. oliver and the emancipation proclamation did not cover all of the slave states. it left out states that had remained loyal to the union and it left out areas of the confederate state that were under federal control. the tension between who is going to complete the eletes edition process lincoln for a while encouraged the border states to do it themselves even gradually and he was going to offer federal assistance. what's more is as important as the emancipation proclamation was, it was a war measure and this kids to the issue of the 13th amendment. what was going to happen once the war ended with the emancipation proclamation maintained its legal authority or what it effectively be overthrown by the courts, the 13th amendment came to secure the emancipation. but we also have to reme
jefferson to abraham lincoln and they provided for the military recruitment of people of african descent both of whom were slaves because of rich americans were not allowed to serve either in the united states army or the state militia because of the connection between military service and citizenship claims. oliver and the emancipation proclamation did not cover all of the slave states. it left out states that had remained loyal to the union and it left out areas of the confederate state that...
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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thomas jefferson said the purpose of government is to enable the people of the nation to live in safety and happiness. jefferson said americans would be ok if they could keep the government from wasting their labors under the pretense of taking care of them. what is your government doing for you today? is it preparing to drive itself over a cliff like thelma and louise? >> despite the claim that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their taxes automatically go up at the beginning of next year. >> if we go over the cliff, you are going to have a slowdown in economic growth of at least a 4%. that puts us back into recession, meaning 2 million people lose their jobs, unemployment goes to 9%. >> that is erskine bowles, who along with alan simpson shared the deficit reduction commission a couple of years ago. they are both in town trying to pound a sense at into elected leaders. evan thomas h
captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> thomas jefferson said the purpose of government is to enable the people of the nation to live in safety and happiness. jefferson said americans would be ok if they could keep the government from wasting their labors under the pretense of taking care of them. what is your government doing for you today? is it preparing to drive itself over a cliff like thelma and louise? >> despite the claim that the president...
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thomas jefferson tops the list at number one. anne la not in her book, "help thanks wow." this is second. ina garden is third with her book, barefoot contessa, foolproof. at number four, "i could pee on this." next, bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of john f. kennedy in their book, "killing kennedy." at number six, steven colbert presents his plan to get america thriving with his book, "american again." -- america again. william manchester and paul reid in "the last lion." this is seventh. of musician neil young is eighth with his memoir, "waging heavy peace." followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree" about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin due guard make the list again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> and now on c-span2, we bring you booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and bookings. here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. at 5 p.m. eastern a look at ni
thomas jefferson tops the list at number one. anne la not in her book, "help thanks wow." this is second. ina garden is third with her book, barefoot contessa, foolproof. at number four, "i could pee on this." next, bill o'reilly recounts the assassination of john f. kennedy in their book, "killing kennedy." at number six, steven colbert presents his plan to get america thriving with his book, "american again." -- america again. william manchester and...
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. >> why did thomas jefferson become consumed with revising the bible by omitting a lot of it in his own text of the bible as you began your book 'ith? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and paed a took out the miracles and took out the resurrection. heelieved jesus was a good guy, he believed he was one of the most important philosophers ever but he didn't like christianity and he was able to separate out christianity from jesus, say no to christianity and say yes to yeast. >> how many of the colonists, what percentage were religiously affiliated or had had religious beliefs in some specific denomination? >> i'm not sure the percentageí but much smaller percentage of churchgoers than we have now. something more on the order of, i don'tnow, one out of five rather than the vast majority. and those who were christians and who did go to crunch typically didn't think a lot about jesus either.
. >> why did thomas jefferson become consumed with revising the bible by omitting a lot of it in his own text of the bible as you began your book 'ith? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and paed a took out the miracles and took out the resurrection. heelieved jesus was a good guy, he...
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thomas jefferson was famously opposed to have laws being actually at all i mean he himself never patented anything and he was a prolific inventor but he felt that wrote several times that if we must have patent laws they shouldn't last more than three years because there's really no such thing as a new invention everything. is merely a fine tuning of something that preceded it where are we now with patent law and that that three year limit would then promote you know the interest of science where we out with have laws right now how they changed over the last few generations yet there are so many ways to have a pad in the for infinity i mean all they have to do is make a simplification a change an alteration a modification and then modify that pattern and it's simply project to project itself generation to generation the problem that we see when that happens is that stifle science in this situation for example what you're going to find is the inability to take this very important gene in diagnose women that might be developing cancer or even come up with a therapeutic treatment for women w
thomas jefferson was famously opposed to have laws being actually at all i mean he himself never patented anything and he was a prolific inventor but he felt that wrote several times that if we must have patent laws they shouldn't last more than three years because there's really no such thing as a new invention everything. is merely a fine tuning of something that preceded it where are we now with patent law and that that three year limit would then promote you know the interest of science...
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jefferson by thoma tom meachum, and then t o'reilly again, killing lincoln. not bad. up next, fighting intensifies in syria. continuing to back assad, and the list of suspicious dealings at hsbc is rising, one whistle lower tells us how he was silenced and fired for reporting what was criminal activity at hsbc, by the way $1.9 billion in finds, and nobody go going to jail, curious, huh? obama justice, we're coming right back. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now through december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 e350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone...but her likes 50% more cash. but i'm upping my game. do you want a candy cane? yes! do you want the puppy? s! do you want a tricycle? yes! do you want 50 percent more cash? no! ♪ festive. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 5
jefferson by thoma tom meachum, and then t o'reilly again, killing lincoln. not bad. up next, fighting intensifies in syria. continuing to back assad, and the list of suspicious dealings at hsbc is rising, one whistle lower tells us how he was silenced and fired for reporting what was criminal activity at hsbc, by the way $1.9 billion in finds, and nobody go going to jail, curious, huh? obama justice, we're coming right back. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get...
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with us, we have mike barnicle, author of "thomas jefferson," willie, joe and me as well. >> that was fascinating, wasn't it? >> that was. that was dead serious. he was not feeling anything else at that point, i think. >> i tell you, yesterday really did touch americans in a way, this whole weekend, and the president's speech and people like joe manchin stepping
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. >>> thomas jefferson's view on the right to bear arms. jon meacham gives me his thoughts on office politics. but first, we go to number five on our first five web stories. a boss can legally fire a worker for simply being eirresistible. justices ruled an iowa dentist did not discriminate when he fired a female assistant. the dentist's wife considered the woman to be a threat to their marriage. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. ♪ >>> tech watch. for all you twitter users, there's now an easy way to keep track of your twees tweets. twitter allows a tool on download, seay and sort through your tweets. all the ones going back to the beginning. you can search your archive by several ways. now a look at the flops. best benefits for residence, unemployment bene
. >>> thomas jefferson's view on the right to bear arms. jon meacham gives me his thoughts on office politics. but first, we go to number five on our first five web stories. a boss can legally fire a worker for simply being eirresistible. justices ruled an iowa dentist did not discriminate when he fired a female assistant. the dentist's wife considered the woman to be a threat to their marriage. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the...
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plus why some thought the timing of thomas jefferson's death was a sign of divine benevolence. not wanting just another seasonal business they added another holiday. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> taking a look at wall street, a short week of trading due to christmas. and pending home sales for november. after surprisingly strong sales on thanksgiving, look for some mcdonald's restaurants to be open on christmas for the fist time ever. the company wants franchise owners to open their doors to boost december sales figures. >>> my conversation with john meacham, best-selling author of "thomas jefferson: the art of power." we'll show you some of the great photographs in his office and discuss the role of religion in president everzone's life and death. but first presiden
plus why some thought the timing of thomas jefferson's death was a sign of divine benevolence. not wanting just another seasonal business they added another holiday. ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will be powered by duracell. happy holidays. duracell with duralock. trusted...
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jefferson. [laughter] this enlightens the elitists and how to hate people who are better than you, and the metric season, exactly ten times more awesome than imperial units. we peeled back the layers of america in american exceptionalism or how to make other countries feel bad about their bodies. we present solutions and how to relieve america's sexual tension, crime and punishment, and then crime again. we even created a simple multiple choice questionnaire, helping american children determine their value as future americans. to reinvigorate the youth vote, many of which are right here, we invented a drinking game. now, i know most of you are saying right now, or at least thinking to yourself, fuck you, you communism hockey lover. [laughter] i should tell you we're running this open, transparency of our own, and that's not nearly as offensive to canadians as you think. [laughter] i assure you we only want to raise america up, not tear it down, okay? we believe you deserve an honest president so
jefferson. [laughter] this enlightens the elitists and how to hate people who are better than you, and the metric season, exactly ten times more awesome than imperial units. we peeled back the layers of america in american exceptionalism or how to make other countries feel bad about their bodies. we present solutions and how to relieve america's sexual tension, crime and punishment, and then crime again. we even created a simple multiple choice questionnaire, helping american children determine...
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jefferson versus john adams and jefferson had been in france and as the u.s. envoy to france and and adams was charging the jefferson was too friendly with the french and jefferson was charging that adams was you know had secret alliances to the british and and i mean american history is littered with these these kind of mean. no semi zina phobic but sometimes there's a little substance to typically not concerns but now oh it sounds like it could be real. look there are a lot of issues confronting our country that matter greatly to foreign interests. canadian interests would like to see the trans. pipeline built across the united states china would like to see more of chinese investment in this country saudi arabia has been been on the record saying that they'd like to scuttle our efforts to enact a price on carbon pollution clean energy laws and that sort of thing so a lot of foreign countries have a big interest in american politics now they can play an outsized role in the challenge for both the press and the public is to figure out where this is happening
jefferson versus john adams and jefferson had been in france and as the u.s. envoy to france and and adams was charging the jefferson was too friendly with the french and jefferson was charging that adams was you know had secret alliances to the british and and i mean american history is littered with these these kind of mean. no semi zina phobic but sometimes there's a little substance to typically not concerns but now oh it sounds like it could be real. look there are a lot of issues...
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jefferson let's just get to him he faced personal bankruptcy several times at one time jefferson applied to the virginia legislature to grant him a lottery to help pay off his debt so dimitri sorry we don't have much time to talk about this one but i want to get through that very fancy and illustrative graphic to show that presidents went bankrupt probably not going to happen again today with all those speaker fees they can rack up after they leave office but to leave it there though thank you so much for watching be sure to come back tomorrow and in the meantime you know you can follow me on twitter at lauren lyster you can like us at our facebook page right there you can give us feedback on this show or catch any you missed you tube dot com slash capital account you can watch us an h d on hulu at hulu dot com slash capital dash account for everyone here if the show thank you so much for watching and have yourself a great night. when you take three. or three. three. three. three. gold freeboard video for your media project free video don carty dot com. good to see good leverage or curb
jefferson let's just get to him he faced personal bankruptcy several times at one time jefferson applied to the virginia legislature to grant him a lottery to help pay off his debt so dimitri sorry we don't have much time to talk about this one but i want to get through that very fancy and illustrative graphic to show that presidents went bankrupt probably not going to happen again today with all those speaker fees they can rack up after they leave office but to leave it there though thank you...
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jefferson to go back a while in the seventy's eighty's wrote about the need for understanding the value of the dollar he said if we determine that a dollar shall be our unit we must then say with precision what a dollar is and in the seven hundred back to rhode island issued vast amounts of unbacked paper money george washington wrote to the former deputy governor of rhode island and said paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have to ruin commerce oppress the honest and oppress the honest and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice to it really just show how far we've come where now in the world of money ah ha kodesh policymaker at a central bank like volcker is referred to as. hard money central banker and that my friends is hard money. all right let's wrap up with loose change dimitri we can delve more of this fun video that we showed at the beginning of our show have you ever wondered what three hundred fifteen billion dollars in gold bullion looks like well a certain chemistry professor whose name is martin holy a cop visited the gold vault at
jefferson to go back a while in the seventy's eighty's wrote about the need for understanding the value of the dollar he said if we determine that a dollar shall be our unit we must then say with precision what a dollar is and in the seven hundred back to rhode island issued vast amounts of unbacked paper money george washington wrote to the former deputy governor of rhode island and said paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have to ruin commerce oppress the honest and...
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jefferson by thoma tom meachum, and then t o'reilly again, killing lincoln. not bad. up next, fighting intensifies in syria. continuing to back assad, and the list of suspicious dealings at hsbc is rising, one whistle lower tells us how he was silenced and fired for reporting what was criminal activity at hsbc, by the way $1.9 billion in finds, and nobody go gog to finds, and nobody go gog to jail, curious, twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligatio. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out w 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us a what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then tre
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the pioneers, the patriots, thomas jefferson, there are a lot of different facets of the story of america. one really important one that does not get enough attention is the role of the economy, particularly the role of entrepreneurs, innovation to power the economy. we still remain the world's most entrepreneurial nation. the bad news is that other nations have figured out that our secret is the entrepreneurial economy. what they have moved to do at a rather startling pace is to modify their own policies to become far more entrepreneurial around talent, their immigration policies. australia on a per-capita basis as 10 times more visas for high skilled workers than we have in the united states. on capitol, creating investment incentives, no capital gains to make sure that investment capital flows to those countries, investing in basic research in better ways to commercialize research, less regulation, a whole series of things that many nations are doing to become more competitive. this is a global battle for talent and capital and ideas. if we do not move quickly to deal with this issue,
the pioneers, the patriots, thomas jefferson, there are a lot of different facets of the story of america. one really important one that does not get enough attention is the role of the economy, particularly the role of entrepreneurs, innovation to power the economy. we still remain the world's most entrepreneurial nation. the bad news is that other nations have figured out that our secret is the entrepreneurial economy. what they have moved to do at a rather startling pace is to modify their...
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caller: i miss ronald reagan and before that, george washington and thomas jefferson. host: anybody this year? ?aller host: are out of time. thanks to all of you who participated. it takes a lot of people to put this program on the air especially on christmas day and i am referencing the fine staff of "washington journal." it is christmas, you can wave. they are the finest staff making it happen for you on this live program. another lie program comes to you tomorrow at 7:00, merry christmas. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is what is coming up this christmas day. next, first lady michelle obama shows children the white house holiday decorations, then george will talks about religion and politics. later, james taylor from a recent appearance at the national press club. >> by the time i was 9 years old, i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i'm a big decision and broke with the democratic party, and went to work for john lindsay. i went
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the question is it-- it goes back to what thomas jefferson said-- never design program, never create a government program with which you have not played of laid a tax to pay for it. >> o'donnell: or a war? >> or a war. i have not vote forward one defense supplemental bill since i've been in the senate because it wasn't paid for. we didn't make hard choices. we delayed hard choices. that's what the congress is doing now. going back to your earlier point. the reason people are upset with congress and senate the senate is because we make decisions based on what is in the best interest of our politics not in the best interest of the country. and so there's this lack of trust that we will do what's in the best interest of our country, even if it hurts us politically. and that's called leadership. and we don't see much of that. and that's not a partisan statement. that's both sides. when we look at a parochial interest more important than the interest of the nation, which is exactly the opposite of why the senate was createed in the first place, why we had a bicamera legislature. you see w
the question is it-- it goes back to what thomas jefferson said-- never design program, never create a government program with which you have not played of laid a tax to pay for it. >> o'donnell: or a war? >> or a war. i have not vote forward one defense supplemental bill since i've been in the senate because it wasn't paid for. we didn't make hard choices. we delayed hard choices. that's what the congress is doing now. going back to your earlier point. the reason people are upset...
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the senate seat that i hold in my line belong to thomas jefferson rust, my great, great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1886. that reminds me that we must protect the freedom so many ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleague sitting on the floor is in the sam houston line and that is a proud line taofplt thomas jefferson russ and sam houston were commander of chief and secretary of war when we fought for independence. it is so fitting that those two were our first two selected senators when texas became a state in 1845. each summer i take a week to tour one part of texas on a bus. it has been so much fun. after we did the first one, which was the el camino rale del hoyas. and we went from the louisianian border to the mexican border -- and it took us a week on the bus -- it was so great that we have done it every year since in a different part of texas. it is my state staff's favorite week all of the year as well. i am one of the few people to have had the opportunity and the absolute pleasure
the senate seat that i hold in my line belong to thomas jefferson rust, my great, great-grandfather's law partner and good friend. they both signed the texas declaration of independence from mexico in 1886. that reminds me that we must protect the freedom so many ancestors fought to produce and retain. my colleague sitting on the floor is in the sam houston line and that is a proud line taofplt thomas jefferson russ and sam houston were commander of chief and secretary of war when we fought for...